CRNA · Minnesota
Collaborative Practice Agreement for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists in Minnesota
No. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists practice independently here. Minnesota does not require one.
CRNAs practice anesthesia care without a general supervision/collaborative-agreement requirement. A narrower carve-out applies specifically to nonsurgical chronic/acute pain-management therapy — see agreementRequiredNote.
What the collaboration must look like
The rules the physician relationship has to follow. Each fact comes from the statute or board rule listed under sources.
Proximity
Not codified — left to the agreement
Supervision ratio
Not codified — no cap on file
Chart review
Not codified — left to the agreement
Meeting cadence
Not codified — left to the agreement
Prescriptive authority
Covered by the practice agreement · controlled substances permitted
Same general APRN prescribing statute (§ 148.235, subd. 7a-7b) as other APRN roles — full prescribing including controlled substances, individual DEA registration required.
Written agreement
Not required
Unconditional for core anesthesia-care practice. A separate written collaborative agreement with an MN-licensed physician is reportedly required specifically for CRNAs providing nonsurgical pain-management therapy — this research pass could not pin down the exact subdivision for that carve-out; treat as an open item pending direct citation.
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
Licensee-only ownership required — Same as the general `np` entry — CRNA licensure also rides on the 'registered nursing' § 319B.02, subd. 19 eligible-owner category.
Legal sources for these rules (2)
What a collaborating physician costs here
Typical monthly cost in Minnesota
$500 – $600
Estimate for one Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. Standard-tier state.
About Minnesota's rules
H.F. 1794 repealed the NP/CNS 2,080-hour postgraduate collaborative-agreement rule (Minn. Stat. § 148.211, subd. 1c) effective August 1, 2026 — already in force. PA remains CONDITIONAL under a separate, still-active 2,080-hour rule (§ 147A.02(c)); 2025 reform bills (H.F. 89/S.F. 1083) to loosen it are pending, not confirmed enacted.
Other clinicians in Minnesota: see the state overview.